Patents by Inventor Joshua Kopelman
Joshua Kopelman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20150066704Abstract: Systems, media and methods for presenting information relating to a good for sale are provided. In an example embodiment, a system comprises at least one module, executing on one or more computer processors, to receive from a seller, via a network, product information relating to a good for sale, store the received product information in a database, receive an inquiry from a buyer via a portable wireless communication device, the inquiry including data usable to identify the good for sale, and based on an identification of the good, send, via a network, for display in an interface of the portable wireless communication device, at least some of the information relating to the good for sale.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Joshua Kopelman, Christopher D. Fralic, Srinivas Balijepalli
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Publication number: 20140297481Abstract: A method and system facilitate a transaction via a network-based transaction facility. For example, a pre-order relating to an item may be recorded in a database, a plurality of offers to sell the item may be received, and a matching operation may detect a correspondence between the pre-order and the plurality of offers. The pre-order may be set to a reserve state in the database responsive to detecting an offer of the plurality of offers matching the pre-order, in which the reserve state is to reserve the offer of the plurality of offers pending to perform a transaction with the pre-order.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Michael Schwankl, Srinivas Balijepalli, Vadim Geshel, Pete Borowski, Joshua Kopelman
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Patent number: 8732027Abstract: A method and system facilitate a transaction via a network-based transaction facility. For example, a pre-order relating to an item is recorded in a database; a plurality of offers to sell the item is received; and a matching operation to detect a correspondence between the pre-order and the plurality of offers is automatically performed using processor-implemented logic. The pre-order is set to a reserve state in the database based on at least one offer of the plurality of offers matching the preorder, in which the reserve state reserves the at least one offer pending establishment of a transaction for the at least one offer.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Michael Schwankl, Srinivas Balijepalli, Vadim Geshel, Pete Borowsky, Joshua Kopelman
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Publication number: 20140006200Abstract: A method and apparatus to present information relating to a good. A product identification code is received via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good. The information relating to the good is presented via a network and using the product identification code.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Joshua Kopelman, Christopher D. Fralic, Srinivas Balijepalli
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Publication number: 20140006211Abstract: A method and apparatus to present information relating to a good. A product identification code is received via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good. The information relating to the good is presented via a network and using the product identification code.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Joshua Kopelman, Christopher D. Fralic, Srinivas Balijepalli
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Publication number: 20140006212Abstract: A method and apparatus to present information relating to a good. A product identification code is received via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good. The information relating to the good is presented via a network and using the product identification code.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Joshua Kopelman, Christopher D. Fralic, Srinivas Balijepalli
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Publication number: 20140006213Abstract: A method and apparatus to present information relating to a good. A product identification code is received via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good. The information relating to the good is presented via a network and using the product identification code.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Joshua Kopelman, Christopher D. Fralic, Srinivas Balijepalli
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Patent number: 8600826Abstract: A method and apparatus to present information relating to a good. A product identification code is received via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good. The information relating to the good is presented via a network and using the product identification code.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Inventors: Joshua Kopelman, Srinivas Balijepalli, Christopher D. Fralie
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Publication number: 20110137744Abstract: A method and system facilitate a transaction via a network-based transaction facility. For example, a pre-order relating to an item is recorded in a database; a plurality of offers to sell the item is received; and a matching operation to detect a correspondence between the pre-order and the plurality of offers is automatically performed using processor-implemented logic. The pre-order is set to a reserve state in the database based on at least one offer of the plurality of offers matching the preorder, in which the reserve state reserves the at least one offer pending establishment of a transaction for the at least one offer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Michael Schwankl, Srinivas Balijepalli, Vadim Geshel, Pete Borowsky, Joshua Kopelman
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Patent number: 7890375Abstract: A method to facilitate pre-ordering of an offering via a network-based transaction facility includes, responsive to user identification of an offering, communicating offering information to the user regarding the offering. In conjunction with the offering information, a selectable option is communicated to the user to pre-order the offering by specifying pre-order attribute information. Following selection the pre-order option by a user and provision of the pre-order attribute information, a pre-order relating to an item is recorded at the transaction facility. The pre-order specifies a plurality of pre-order attributes. An offer to sell the item is received at the transaction facility, the offer specifying a plurality of offer attributes. A matching operation is automatically performed to detect a correspondence between the pre-order and the offer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Half.com, Inc.Inventors: Michael Schwankl, Srinivas Balijepalli, Vadim Geshel, Pete Borowsky, Joshua Kopelman
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Publication number: 20070250407Abstract: A method for using a telephone to list a seller's good for sale on a website including the steps of receiving good-identifying information from a seller via a telephone and presenting the good for sale on a website. The good-identifying information may be received as a series of tones generated by depression of keys of a telephone. The tones may optionally be used to navigate through a voice prompt system or to provide information about the good, such as the good's UPC code, ISBN number and/or characteristics of the good. The seller's provision of a standard identification code allows the marketeer to retrieve information relating to the good from a database and to use such information to present the good for sale. Such information, and/or the characteristics provided by the seller that are specific to the good may optionally be used to set or recommend a price for the good.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Applicant: EBAY, INC.Inventors: Joshua Kopelman, Christopher Fralic, Sunny Rao
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Publication number: 20060136300Abstract: A method for promoting resale of goods. The method includes solicitation of agreement to offer a good for resale from a buyer of the good near the time of the sale, near the time of confirmation of a desire to purchase a good and/or subsequent to the time of the sale. The buyer may agree to offer the good for resale at a specified future time or upon occurrence of a trigger event. Alternatively, the buyer may agree to be solicited at a future time. Additionally, a relisting agent may solicit the buyer subsequent to the time of sale upon occurrence of a trigger event. A seller, a marketeer, etc. may act as the relisting agent. In electronic commerce applications, a software-implemented relisting controller is used to solicit agreement from buyers to offer the good for resale. An apparatus for performing a computer-implemented version of the inventive method is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Joshua Kopelman, Srinivas Balijepalli
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Publication number: 20040204990Abstract: A method and system to incentivize a user to perform an incentivized activity relating to a network-based marketplace in a timely manner. A user is informed of an award for performing the incentivized activity, wherein a value of the award decreases in value as time elapses after a referenced time and before the performance of the incentivized activity. The performance of the incentivized activity is detected; and the value of the award is determined based on an amount of time elapsed after the referenced time and before the performance of the incentivized activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2003Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Stacy A. Lee, Jay Monahan, Joshua Kopelman
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Publication number: 20020099642Abstract: A method to facilitate pre-ordering of an offering via a network-based transaction facility includes, responsive to user identification of an offering, communicating offering information to the user regarding the offering. In conjunction with the offering information, a selectable option is communicated to the user to pre-order the offering by specifying pre-order attribute information. Following selection the pre-order option by a user and provision of the pre-order attribute information, a pre-order relating to an item is recorded at the transaction facility. The pre-order specifies a plurality of pre-order attributes. An offer to sell the item is received at the transaction facility, the offer specifying a plurality of offer attributes. A matching operation is automatically performed to detect a correspondence between the pre-order and the offer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventors: Michael Schwankl, Srinivas Balijepali, Vadim Geshel, Pete Borowsky, Joshua Kopelman
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Patent number: 5819285Abstract: An apparatus for capturing and storing a co-marketer identification symbol representing an identity of an entity that has referred a user on a user station to a computer service, wherein the user station is coupled to the computer service by a communications path. A database is provided for storing a plurality of user records. Each of the user records includes a user identification field for storing information uniquely associating each of the user records with a user, and a co-marketer identification field for storing identity information representing the identity of an entity that directed the user to the computer service. An enrollment means is coupled to the communications path and the database, and is provided for enrolling a user on the computer service. The enrollment means includes means for determining a co-marketer that directed the user to the computer service, and means for assigning a unique user identification number to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1995Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Infonautics CorporationInventors: Thomas Damico, Joshua Kopelman, Sheryl F. Wamoglu, Marvin I. Weinberger
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Patent number: 5812769Abstract: A method and apparatus for redirecting a user from a first location on the WWW to a second location on the WWW, wherein relative URL addressing is used during the redirecting process. A signal is received from the first location indicating that the user wishes to move from the first location on the WWW to the second location on said WWW. In response to the signal, a current URL representing an address of the first location on the WWW and a destination URL portion representative of an address of the second location on the WWW are passed to a redirecting means. The current URL includes first and second portions. A destination URL is formed with redirecting means by substituting the destination URL portion in place of the second portion in the current URL, wherein the destination URL represents a relative address of the second location on the WWW. The user is then moved from the first location on the WWW to the second location on the WWW in accordance with the destination URL formed by the redirecting means.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1995Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Infonautics CorporationInventors: Terry E. Graber, Joshua Kopelman, Edwin Howell Watkeys, III, Marvin I. Weinberger
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Patent number: 5717860Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracking the navigation path of a user that has been directed to a second site on the World Wide Web (WWW) from a first site on the WWW. The first site has a universal resource locator (URL) symbol for uniquely identifying an address of the first site on the WWW, and the second site has a URL symbol for uniquely identifying an address of the second site on the WWW. A composite URL symbol is received at the second WWW site when the user is directed from the first site to the second site. The composite URL symbol has a first portion corresponding to the URL symbol of the second site, and a second portion that includes information corresponding to the identity of the first site. Information representative of the identity of the first WWW site is captured at the second WWW site from the second portion of the composite URL.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1995Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: Infonautics CorporationInventors: Terry E. Graber, Joshua Kopelman, Edwin Howell Watkeys, III, Marvin I. Weinberger
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Patent number: 5712979Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracking the navigation path of a user that has been directed to a second site on the WWW from a first site on the WWW. A URL is received at the second WWW site when the user is directed from the first site to the second site. At the second WWW site, information representative of an identity of the first WWW site is captured by identifying a first code in the URL. A destination web page is determined for the user, and a revised destination web page is formed by attaching a second code representative of the identity of the first WWW site into at least one selected web page link associated with the destination web page. The revised destination web page is then transmitted to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1995Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: Infonautics CorporationInventors: Terry E. Graber, Joshua Kopelman, Edwin Howell Watkeys, III, Marvin I. Weinberger
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Patent number: 5675788Abstract: A computer-implemented method and apparatus for composing a composite document on a selected topic from a plurality of information sources by searching the plurality of information sources and identifying, displaying and copying files corresponding to the selected topic. A plurality of records, each of which is representative of at least one information file, are stored in a database. A single search query corresponding to the search topic is received. The database is searched in accordance with the single search query to identify records related to the single search query. A search result list is then generated having entries representative of information files identified during the database search, and the search result list is displayed in a first display window open on a user display.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1995Date of Patent: October 7, 1997Assignee: Infonautics Corp.Inventors: Lawrence A. Husick, Joshua Kopelman, Howard Morgan, Edwin Howell Watkeys, III, Marvin I. Weinberger